Fastening fob hame-tugs



' UNTTED STATES PATENT CETTCE.

JOSIAH W. CHURCH, OF COLDWATER, MICHIGAN.

FASTENING FOR I-IAlVIE-TUGS.

Specification of Letters Patent No. 30,911, dated becember 18, 1,860.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, J osIAH IV. CHURCH, of Coldwater, in the county of Branch and State of Michigan, have invented a newl and Improved Method of Fastening Hame- Tugs; and I do hereby'declare that the following is a full and exact description.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention I Will proceed to describe its construction and operation.

I construct a piece called in the accompanying drawing a bed piece of suitable length, turned up at the sides7 and along its center perforated With holes B to ren ceive the hook A. A slide is fitted inside of the bed piece kept in its place by screwsor other means, and operated by a spiral or other spring S, Which is arranged upon a Vshank or in any other corresponding manner between the end of the slide and the end of the bed piece as shovvn. The slide is provided with holes corresponding With those in the bed piece as to size and shape and moved easily by means of the knob D. The knob is fastened to the slide its shank passing through a slot in the bed piece. The hook is so formed as to pass readily and easily through the holes B in both pieces and is caught by the slide and held firmly. The hook, bed piece and slide may be made of any proper metal.

What I claim as my invention is- The combination of the self locking perforated slide with the perforated bed piece,

in the manner and for the purposes substantially as herein shown and described.

A J. CHURCH. Attest:

Gno. A. Con,

HENRY C. CLARK. 

